Indonesia
Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0115OCHA Situation Report No. 4 Indonesia - Earthquake9 June 2000 Situation 1. A second major aftershock of the earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale which struck Bengkulu province on 4 June, has again shaken the…
Afghanistan + 6 more
This report includes: A) Afghanistan drought B) Horn of Africa: regional, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia C) Democratic Republic of Congo. From Francesco Strippoli, Senior Humanitarian Advisor. Available on the Internet on the WFP Home Page at http://www.wfp.org/ or by e-mail from…
Indonesia
Written by Cynthia Long, Managing Editor, DisasterRelief.org - with news and wire reports. Thousands of people are living outside in tents and makeshift shelters after a violent earthquake rocked Indonesia's Sumatra island. Some are already sifting through piles of…
Indonesia + 1 more
Returns: The total number of organised and spontaneous returns into East Timor from West Timor, other parts of Indonesia, Macau and Australia now stands at 162, 732 returns. On 7 June, a total of 51 persons returned from the…
Afghanistan
Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 9 June 2000 - Millions of Afghans face a serious food crisis due to a severe drought that destroyed almost all the rain-fed crops in the country, the United Nations…
Indonesia
A massive quake rocked the west coast of Sumatra (Indonesia) last Sunday, shaking the island of Enggano to its core. Situated only 15 kilometres from the epicentre, it is amazing that none of the 1,500 people who live there…
Indonesia
(2000-37) News Release Ottawa - Maria Minna, Canada's Minister for International Cooperation, today announced $100,000 in urgent humanitarian assistance to help the victims of the recent earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia. The funding will be channelled through the International Federation of the…
Indonesia
Taipei (dpa) - Taiwan sent two more aid team to Indonesia's's earthquake area on Thursday to help search for and treat survivors. After dispatching a 13-man team on Wednesday, Taiwan sent a a six-man rescue team and a 12-member medical…
Timor-Leste
By Reese Erlich, Special to The Christian Science Monitor In the shadow of the newly refurbished UN headquarters, Cipriano de Deus is unemployed but trying to survive, selling cigarettes and soft drinks to UN employees. For 23 years Mr. de…
Indonesia
A Federation assessment team that arrived in the quake stricken area of Sumatra yesterday reports that hospitals in Bengkulu have been badly damaged and patients are being cared for under tents. Initial surveys indicate that the…
